Person/Organization: Weston, Joseph
Item 122831
Plymouth Company Records, box 3/5, 1772–1773
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1772–1773 Location: Vassalboro; Winthrop Media: Ink on Paper
Item 122844
Plymouth Company Records, box 3/18, ca. 1790
Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1790 Location: Bowdoinham; Winthrop Media: Ink on Paper
Exhibit
Student Exhibit: Benedict Arnold's March Through Skowhegan
Benedict Arnold arrived in Skowhegan on October 4th, 1775, and it was here that Arnold received his first offer of help from the colonists. Joseph Weston and his sons helped Benedict Arnold and his army cross over the Skowhegan Falls, but Joseph later got a severe cold from exposure and died of a fever on Oct.16th. His sons went back to the family home along the Kennebec for they were the first family to settle in Old Canaan or what is now Skowhegan.
